Continental launches the construction of the first factory in Lithuania Business

The new plant will be equipped with short-range and long-range radar sensors for automatic braking and adaptive speed sensors

The company will also manufacture door and seat control elements and intelligent automatic protection systems. Windows.

Over the next five years L & Planned investment of the factory is 95 mln. create about 1,000 new jobs.

"The construction of our first plant in Lithuania is an important part of the strategy for the growth of Europe in Europe."

"The construction of our first plant in Lithuania is an important part of Europe's growth strategy in Europe.We are pleased that the modern Kaunas region, with its excellent infrastructure and highly qualified staff, has become an ideal place for these construction projects, "says Helmut Matschi, Executive Member of the Continental Executive Board and Director of the Helmut Matschi Automotive Cabinets Division

. is needed for companies in this industry, Lithuania does not have to enter the list of investors because of the size and distance of the market for car manufacturers.Continental is one of the first companies to to see the potential of the country, and its arrival is one of the factors that helped Lithuania to map this industry. "The automakers realize most of the p Direct investment projects in Europe, but they are even more open to Lithuania, "says Virginijus Sinkevičius, Minister of Economy

" With the increasing number of electronic systems used for technological opportunities. This plant will complete the network of 30 of our plants around the world and further increase our production capacity. In this way, we will be able to respond more effectively to the growing consumer demand, "says Hans-Jürgen Braun, director of the continental electronic component manufacturing plant

. m, including production facilities, administration and storage. Modular construction technologies will be applied to the construction of the factory, therefore, in the future, separate parts of the building can be enlarged as needed. The factory will meet the requirements of Industry 4.0, which will allow the use of automated equipment in the future.

In order to realize the best possible

The energy efficiency of the future factory was confirmed by LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) world-renowned Sustainability Certificate

In addition, construction materials were taken into account no only in their technical feasibility, but also in terms of performance, which became evident after a thorough life cycle badysis. This badysis was carried out by the design company Baltic Engineers on behalf of Continental.

A 360 sq. Shayan Ali, director of the Kaunas Continental Plant, said that Continental had chosen Kaunas for several reasons: "First, Kaunas is the main manufacturing hub for the industry, the company said. electronics and automation in Lithuania. . There are also highly qualified specialists in this modern region – currently 47 thousand are counted. students, about 10% of whom specifically study electronic engineering. For these reasons, the city has proved to be the perfect place for our new factory, "says S.Ali.

Continental is one of the largest automotive suppliers in the world 1871 Founded company creates intelligent, safe, efficient and accessible for vehicles, other equipment, traffic and transport .2017 Continental's business turnover amounts to $ 44 billion.The company currently employs more than € 240,000.workers in 61 countries across the world